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James Asser MP @jamesasser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Eastside Community Heritage received their National Archives accreditation, a huge achievement! ECH are preserving the memories of people whose lives should not be overlooked or forgotten just because they didn't take place in grand buildings but on ordinary streets in East London.

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It is fair to say "Equal Earth" has elevated cartography to a higher position in news interest than usual, and I saw quite a few questions about it following my online talk "Captivating Cartography" given yesterday. Here's a good article on the topic 👇🏻 www.theguardian.com/science/ng-i...

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‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias

Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I assume this means the current generation's place of birth is outside the country, not by ancestry.

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

An extraordinary data visualisation cleanly showing the convergence between population, fertility and mortality over time. An excellent tool called Visquil from Sweden's Benjamin Niedermann. 🗺️👏🏻 Definitely a map clap for this. visquill.com/gallery/worl...

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Demographic Profiles

Interactive demographic profiles for countries around the world, showing population structure, mortality, and fertility by age group. Data from the UN World Population Prospects 2024.

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 08/09/2026

Is Nepal a turning point in climate coverage? Even formerly reticent news outlets are making the climate connection clear in their coverage of the deadly flooding in Nepal, where more than 1,100 are confirmed dead and an additional 4,000 are missing.

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Is Nepal a Turning Point in Climate Coverage? — Covering Climate Now

It’s been slow coming, but news coverage of climate change may at last be turning a corner. For years, reporting on climate-related disasters — the super-storm Hurricane Helene that blasted the southe...

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It cannot really be 25 years since Band of Brothers was released. youtu.be/IjLg0X59fMA?...

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Band of Brothers: Legacy Trailer | HBO Max

YouTube video by HBO Max

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

An interesting detail from "A New and Correct map of the United States, 1785" - the first ever official map of the US...

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

An absolute pleasure to be invited by the Gallipoli Association to speak at their annual conference at the prestigious RAF club on the role of the Australian Flying Corps in Eastern theatres, and in particular on No. 1 Sqn (AFC)'s contributions to aerial photography and mapping in the Middle East.

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This map shows the 8 sections of the newly opened King Charles III England Coast Path. At 2,689 miles (4,328 km) long, it is now the longest managed coastal walking route in the world. More about it: brilliantmaps.com/king-char...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

All 6 of Europe’s Microstates Could Easily Fit Within London See how they compare: brilliantmaps.com/microstat...

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sorry, unacceptable Australianism on my part. 🫡 I'm reminded though, of Monty telling Ming (of the Aussie 9th) "I do not know of any other Allied Division who could have done it."

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Countries With Temperature Extremes Above 48°C and/or Below -48°C Source: moverdb.com/above-below-48/

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I don't think anyone was arguing with old Ming the Merciless in Tobruk.

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hehem... British *Commonwealth* Armies ... 😉

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

South Western Railways map—still currently displayed on trains—dates from the 2017 Firstgroup franchise/rebrand. It seems to suggest several South coast ports from where you can catch ferries AND hovercraft. The last hovercraft crossing of the channel took place on 1/10/2000.

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is an epic thread about an epic footnote.

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Horrendous cultural vandalism. If you can avoid Amazon and support independent booksellers, please do.

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Given a white level t-shirt is like 1500 Eddie's...

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The best part of that clip is the way the lads are already onto it in the background as he's issuing the order.

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Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!) @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

But seriously, stay safe and be responsible & respectful out there, map mates.

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Amazing photo. By looking for the church spire (which I think is the American Cathedral in Paris) we can draw a line back from Eiffel Tower & figure out the curved pediment most likely belongs to the roof of Les Arcades des Champs-Élysées (76-78).

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My uni have just withdrawn Geography, History & Geography and Politics & Geography undergrad courses run from our Penryn campus. Terrible for Cornwall. How did the staff find out? When UCAS clearing opened at 8am 😡

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Map of The Hippie Trail Routes of The 1960s & 1970s Do you wish it was still an option today? More about it: brilliantmaps.com/hippie-tr...

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is an unforgivable level of cultural vandalism. And it isn't done for the good of humanity but the profitability of one company.

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Well this is a lot of fun! Trace your home town across 750 million years!

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Update: Google just sent me a statement saying it is “rolling back” this AI feature that let anyone make completely bullshit satellite images. Comes after our demos of the tool and those from OSINT researchers. One of the worst AI tools I’ve ever seen bsky.app/profile/jose...

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I've been quite disgusted to learn of the barbaric and unjustifiable deliberate destruction of millions of books to fuel Anthropic AI. The US lawsuit which grossly permitted flagrant theft of IP was bad enough, but now they deliberately seek out & destroy rare books. www.news.com.au/technology/o...

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AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Therefore it is true to say North Africans ruled over Spain for much longer than Spain has ruled over North Africa.

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Colonialism in NW Africa is more complicated than in many other places where it was driven by European imperialism. In the 11th & 12th centuries the Almoravid & Almohad north African Berber dynasties were colonial powers ruling that Iberia from North Africa. Spanish return rule only began in 1912.

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Robert Fleming @flemingrob.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This... And it was more accurate than internet results these days. bsky.app/profile/sjvn...

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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hey Bayeux Tapestry fans have I made the platform game for you? I’m sure someone else will have done this before but well now I have too… bayeuxgo.live

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Bayeux Go!

Bayeux Go! Thou art Harold. Go forth and win thine battle. Jump your way to victory, avoiding arrows…

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